Boiler Room (2000)
- Directed by
- Ben Younger
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 754 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man runs an illegal gambling operation out of his apartment. He wants his father's approval so he takes a job at a stock brokerage firm. The firm is actually a boiler room running a scam.
tensefast-pacedgrittymorally ambiguousslicksuspensefulcynical
What happens
Boiler Room is a 2000 American crime drama film written and directed by Ben Younger and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin and Jamie Kennedy. The film was conceived when Younger interviewed for a job at brokerage firm Sterling Foster. "I walked in and immediately realized, 'This is my movie.' I mean, you see these kids and know something is going on." Boiler Room premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2000, before being released by New Line Cinema on February 18, 2000. The film received positive reviews from critics while grossing $28 million against a $7 million budget, and the film was nominated for several awards including a Black Reel Award, a British Independent Film Award and two Independent Spirit Awards. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 2000 Deauville Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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